Why did the differential renal vein renin test show an increase in the blocked renal artery side secretion of renin, yet a drop in renin levels on the other (normal) side?

Q: Based on the information given, what is the single diagnosis (acute or chronic kidney disease) the…

A: Kidneys are very important body organs. They eliminate body waste products. Any malfunction of…

Q: What would be the impact of dysfunctional (leaky) glomerular basal lamina?What effect would this…

A: Marcello Malpigh, an Italian scientist, identified the glomerulus.  A little ball-shaped structure…

Q: If renal plasma clearance value of substance X Is 55 mL/min, that means. Multiple Cholce that 55 ml…

A: Introduction: The correct choice is option (a) 55ml of substance X is filtered.

Q: Identify the changes in the osmotic concentration of theglomerular filtrate as it passes through the…

A: As filtrate goes through the nephron, its osmolarity (ion concentration) changes as particles and…

Q: For each of the following urinalysis results, indicate whether you should be concerned or not and…

A: Urine analysis is a test done to the urine .This test is used to analyze and detect different…

Q: Why does the glomerulus have a high-pressure capillary network? Explain.

A: Glomerulus is defined as the network of blood capillaries present in the kidney. The network of…

Q: What are the two intrinsic mechanisms that provide auto regulation of glomerular filtrate? Explain…

A: Intrinsic control is the autoregulation of the GFR (glomerular filtration rate). Urine is formed at…

Q: Why is there much greater filtration through glomerular capillaries than through capillaries…

A: The excretory framework is a latent natural framework that eliminates overabundance, pointless…

Q: subject kidneys What is renal plasma threshold?

A: The kidneys remove waste products from the blood and produce urine. As blood flows through the…

Q: Explain how plasma clearance is used to calculate renalplasma flow

A: Plasma clearance is seen in terms of Para-aminohippurate clearance. It is measured in either L/hr or…

Q: Number the following structures to indicate their respective positions in the blood pathway within…

A: Step 1 Kidneys are the pair of dark brown or reddish-brown, bean-shaped metanephric structures. They…

Q: Which portions of the renal tubule and collecting duct reabsorb more solutes than water to produce…

A: RENAL TUBULE:           The phrase 'Renal' refers to the kidney, in which a small tube comprises of…

Q: What is the significance of Juxtaglomerular apparatus in kidney function.

A: Urinary system is a part of body system which generally involved in formation of urine and it's…

Q: Urinary casts formin which location(s)of the urinary system?

A: Urinary casts: These are tiny tube shaped particles produced by the kidney and present in the urine…

Q: What mechanisms link low systemic blood pressure in this patient to the low urine output?

A: Filteration of blood for waste takes place in the kidney' functional unit called the nephron.…

Q: How would the analysis of the type of kidney stone help determine the cause of the kidney stones?

A: Kidneys function to remove wastes and fluids from the blood to produce urine. When the wastes in the…

Q: Explain why the total renal blood flow can be measured by the renal plasma clearance of PAH.

A: Total renal blood flow can be defined as the total amount of blood received by kidneys per unit of…

Q: Interstitial cystitis is characterized by erosion of the mucous membrane lining the urinary bladder.…

A: Interstitial cystitis is a disease that results in chronic inflammation of the layers of the urinary…

Q: What function could the collecting duct not perform if there were no nephron loops? Why?

A: Answer- Nephrons are the functional unit of the kidney and have glomerulus, loop of henle, PCT,DCT…

Q: What factors may explain the difference in serum and urine creatinine levels?

A: Creatinine is a non-protein nitrogenous compound that is toxic and is produced by the breakdown of…

Q: What is autoregulation in the kidney? What other regulatory mechanisms are at work in renal…

A: Kidneys are the primary organs of the excretory system.

Q: Explain why the differential permeability of specific sections of the renal tubule is necessary to…

A: The Kidney is one of the major organs of excretion present in the body. The basic unit of the…

Q: What is proteinuria? Whyis proteinuria a sign ofglomerular renal injury?

A: Any infection that occurs in the urinary tract is known as urinary tract infection. The urinary…

Q: Which substances in glomerular filtrate are not normally presentin urine?

A: Ans: Glomerular filtrate: It is the fluids that has been filtered from the capillaries of the…

Q: Why did the addition of ADH also affect the concentration of potassium in the urine (compared with…

A: Aldosterone is a steroid drug. It regulates the balance of minerals in the body. It is produced by…

Q: Many medications make the epithelium of the collectingduct less permeable to water. How would taking…

A: The urinary system in human is composed of paired kidneys and ureter, urinary bladder, and urethra.…

Q: Can you identify a portal system in the renal circulation?

A: BASIC INFORMATION  KIDNEY It is a paired organ present in our body. It helps the body to get rid of…

Q: Where is the trigone located? How does it assist urinarybladder function?

A: The urinary system, required for the removal of wastes, toxins, and drugs with the help of urine is…

Q: Define renal fraction

A: Kidney is the two bean shaped organs which are present on the back portion of abdomen.It is the main…

Q: how cAMP increase permeability to water in the epthelial cell of renal tubules? explain

A: The pair of kidneys are bean shaped red organs that are placed on abdominal region.  They play a key…

Q: why does the kidney receive 1/4 of cardiac output?

A: Renal blood flow refers to the volume of blood delivered to the kidneys/unit time. The kidneys…

Q: Of the three processes - filtration, reabsorption, secretion - which is (are) accomplished by a…

A: Dialysis is a medical procedure which involves the process of removal of wastes, salts and excess…

Q: Why is creatinine clearance a good estimate of glomerular filtration rate?

A: Creatinine is the chemical compound that is left behind after the energy producing cells in the…

Q: What is the relationship between plasma creatinine concentration and glomerular filtration rate?

A: The fundamental structural and operational unit of the kidney is the nephron. They are tiny…

Q: This is a high magnification of the renal medullary rays. Identify A?

A: The innermost part of the kidney is referred to as the renal medulla.

Q: Glomerular filtration is affected by forces that oppose and promote filtration. What are these…

A: To explain: To explain glomerular filtration forces and net filtration pressure

Q: Which one of the following urine biomarkers is NOT matched with proteinuria type? a. Beta2…

A: Protein is an important factor that is essential for the living organism. The genetic material…

Q: Discuss the pressures of filtration indicating the hydrostatic and colloidal osmotic pressures…

A: The forces of filtration in glomerulus are hydrostatic pressure P(H) and oncoid forces (aka…

Q: Why is there an increased risk of drug toxicity in the laterstages of renal failure?

A: Renal failure There are many etiological factors responsible for renal failure such as, systemic…

Q: Why would the differential renal vein renin test show an increase in the blocked renal artery side…

A: Renal vein renin test measures the ratio between the ischemic kidney and that of contralateral…

Q: What are the two components of the Juxtaglomerular apparatus and how do they contribute to renal…

A: The juxtaglomerular apparatus is present in the kidney. The juxtaglomerular apparatus maintains…

Q: What type of gradient is being established in the medulla of the kidney?

A: Kidneys are made up of a large number of smaller units called nephrons. The nephron is the…

Q: Repeated dipstick test results show chronically high levels ofbothurinary blood andprotein. What…

A: Blood in the urine is caused by the abundance of RBC in the urinary tract due to kidney problems or…

Q: The normal state of renal arterioles when the sympathetic nervous system is at rest is A)…

A: Kidneys: a pair of bean-shaped structures whose function is to filter the blood of the body. Renal…

Q: Pressure in the renal artery is 100 mm Hg and the pressure in the renal vein is 50 mm Hg. The…

A: Pressure in the glomerulus is characterized by the difference of pressure between the afferent and…

Q: Why does the cortex of the kidney show a dotted appearance?

A: Dotted appearence of kidney's cortex part is due to presence of convolutedd parts of tubule i.e. of…

Q: Which of them contain less nitrogenous waste – renal vein or the renal artery?

A: The urinary system or renal system is made up of kidneys, ureters, bladder and the urethra. All…